Here’s What Tom Brady Loves About His Tesla

Tom Brady, the NFL player with the most Super Bowl championships in history, isan avid car collector. Some of the exotic cars that Tom Brady has reportedly owned over the years include the Aston Martin DB11, Ford F-150 Raptor, Audi A8, Rolls Royce Cullinan, and Rolls Royce Ghost. He’s also been spotted driving a Bugatti Veyron — one of the most expensive production cars ever made.

Interestingly,Tom Brady’s idea of a perfect caris the Ford F-150 Raptor because it’s more spacious than most cars. The seven-time Super Bowl winner is also a fan of Tesla and he owns a Model S. Besides that, the NFL star inked a deal with Hertz, a car rental company, to promote electric vehicles in an ad. Hertz, the car rental company, bought 100,000 Tesla Model 3 EVs, andTom Brady was the influencerto create the buzz.

A rare blue colored Tesla Model S

Even before the commercial deal to feature in a Hertz ad, Tom Brady had been driving a Tesla EV for four years. What’s his reason for loving a Tesla?

Tom Brady doesn’t want to go to the gas station

In aBloomberg interviewwith Erik Schatzker, Tom Brady said that he drives a Tesla because they’re sustainable for the environment. “I think for me it was about being really conscious about…the impact we all have on our planet. The things we can do as individuals to make progress on sustainability,” Tom Brady revealed during the interview.

Tom Brady also appeared inDRIVE with Jim Farley podcastand confessed he loves EVs because “Not having to go to the gas station is just the coolest thing ever.” Well, that also happens to be one of ourreasons to buy a Tesla, and it can save you thousands of dollars in fuel costs since electricity is cheaper than gasoline.

Another cool thing about driving a Tesla is that you can warm it during winter using theTesla appwhen it’s freezing cold. This is a problem that Tom Brady can relate to after he bought his first car at 16 years — a 1967 Dodge Dart. According to him, the 1967 Dodge Dart was unreliable “if the temperature was below 50 degrees.”

Tom Brady announced todayon Twitterthat “he is retiring, for good.”